Do people always forget your name?

[Break an Egg]

My name is Maria but my husband calls me "mree-uh"

My mom calls me Marie, I have no idea why.

My daughter's name is Maya rhymes with papaya
We just went to visit my grandma who lives in Mississippi, (she has a very southern accent) and she couldn't say Maya, she was calling her Mayar lol.

 

[ebwy]

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spelling it with an S is the Welsh way

I only ever had a birthday card from my grandmother with my official first name spelled correctly ONCE from my grandmother - and that was in my best friend's handwriting, when she was a homecare assistant!

 

[Sassymygirl]

my name is Claire, and only one person has trouble with it, my soccer coach. He's from Puerto Rico, he calls me Claira. He will scream: Claira!! Get the ball!" it annoys me

And then my last name is French and hard to pronounce: Reviere. (ree-V-Air) Some people say Re-vir-ree or Claire Ri-veer.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I'm just known as "the egg lady" at work

My daughter's name is Fianna. It's a Gaelic name that SHOULD be pronounced "fee-na" but we use the Anglicized "Fee-ah-nah" and my aunt and cousins from Arkansas always pronounce it "fye-anna" which drives me crazy.

 

[damarisgw]

My name is Damaris ..People call me damarie ..OR amaris or marissa :S
Not even close

 

[SmartyChick]

I'm Victoria, but MY VERY OWN AUNT calls me Veronica no matter how many times I correct her. I guess she's just a ditz

 

[Gonzo]

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What?! Debbie Reynolds is a BYC member?

 

[chickaddict]

People i've never met before seem to think my name is Diane. My name is not Diane. There has to be a Diane somewhat local to me that looks like me.

 

[vicki2x2]

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I also have a daughter named Maya, which is the most common spelling of Maya, but no one seems to get it right. If hear it said, they write it Mia, nope, that is prononced Mee-ah people. If they see it written, like at the Dr.'s office, they want to call her May - ah.

This is not a made up name or spelling, it is the most common version, the others being Maia, and Mya.

My oldest son is named Travis. Thought that was a straight forward name. However, my grandmother, his great grandmother always calls him Travers. At least it is pronounced that way, what I think she is really saying and thinks I named him after was a city near us, called Traverse City, pronounced Travers City by the locals. Really Grandma? You think I named him after a city???

My other daughter's name is Rachel. For the most part she is had no problems, but did have one teacher that called her Rachelle the entire year, no matter how many times she tried to correct him. He also mispronounced our last name, so at least he was consistent.

Our last name is NEVER pronounced right and while I understand people might not know how to say it, why after I tell them the correct pronunciation, do they then repeat theirown version anyway? Isn't that just rude? "Hello, Mrs La... uhm, Laloney?" ME: "This is Mrs. LaLone" (correct pronouciation, not spelling), THEM: "Yes, Mrs. Laloney, we want to ..... blah blah blah...... "

Maybe I will start messing up their name, or telling them I can't buy whatever they are selling, if they can't pronounce my name right even AFTER I told them and they promptly blew me off!

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Harrell is my maiden name. It is NOT Her-ell either!

My first name is Shelby. Like the mustang. It is not Shelly, Sheila or Sheryl. The weirdest one I got was Hashby.

My last name is Barker. Not Baker or Parker.